Method for making bath brush and product made thereby

ABSTRACT

A method for making a bath brush involves the fitting of a tubular net main body with two support rods which are separated from each other by a predetermined distance The tubular net main body is then laterally stretched before a brush handle is disposed in the middle portion of one side of the two support rods. A tightening member is used to wrap the tubular net main body which is then tightened to locate on the brush handle. The stretched main body is gradually pulled out of the two support rods such that the main body is fastened with one side of the brush handle, and that the main body expands at the tightening point serving as a center to form a loose bath ball.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates generally to a bath brush, and moreparticularly to a method for making the bath brush.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The U.S. Pat. No. 6,092,258 discloses a bath brush 20, which isshown in FIG. 1 and is formed of an elastic soft tubular net 21. Thetubular net 21 is fixed on a handle 23 such that the bath brush 20 has awavy fringe. The handle 23 is provided with a plurality of round holes24 a-24 h. A lashing member 22 is put through the first round hole 24 ato come out of the second round hole 24 b. When the lashing member 22 isput through the second round hole 24 b, the lashing member 22 is putthrough the tubular net 21 before entering the third round hole 24 c.The lashing member 22 is put out of the fourth round hole 24 d, and soforth. The lashing member 22 encloses the tubular net 21. It is rathertime-consuming to put the lashing member 22 through the round holes 24a-24 h. As a result, the prior art bath brush 20 is not cost-effective.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0003] It is the primary objective of the present invention to provide acost-effective method for making a bath brush.

[0004] In keeping with the principle of the present invention, theobjective of the present invention is attained by a method comprising afirst step in which a tubular net is fitted with two support rodsseparated from each other at an interval, thereby stretching the tubularnet. A brush handle is fastened by a tightening member between the twosupport rods such that the tubular net is surrounded by the tighteningmember. The stretched tubular net is then pulled out of the two supportmembers, so as to enable the tubular net to join with one side of thehandle. The tubular net is released at the tightening point serving asthe center. The tubular net is thus expanded to form a sphericalbathball.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0005]FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a bath brush of the prior art.

[0006] FIGS. 2A-2F shows a schematic process flow of a preferredembodiment of the present invention.

[0007]FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a brush handle of the preferredembodiment of the present invention.

[0008]FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a product made by the method ofthe preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0009] FIGS. 5A-5F shows a schematic process flow of another preferredembodiment of the present invention.

[0010]FIG. 6 shows a schematic plan view of a brush handle of anotherpreferred embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0011] As shown in FIGS. 2-4, a method of the present invention formaking a bath brush 90 comprises the following steps:

[0012] a) As shown in FIG. 2A, a fixation member 30 is provided on aplate body 31 with two support rods 32 which are separated from eachother by a predetermined distance and are fastened at the bottom endwith the plate body 3 1, with the top ends thereof being free ends;

[0013] b) As shown in FIG. 2B, an elastic tubular net main body 40 of anappropriate length is fitted with the two support rods 32 from the topends of the support rods 32 such that the tubular net body 40 is locatedbetween the two support rods 32, and that the tubular net body 40 islaterally stretched by the two support rods 32;

[0014] Before entering the step (c) described below, it is necessary tointroduce a brush handle 50 which is required in the method of thepresent invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the brush handle 50 is providedat one end with a grip portion 51, and at other end with a fasteningportion 52 of an oval shape and having a greater area. The fasteningportion 52 is provided with two sets of through holes 53 and 54, whichare respectively formed of a first through hole 531, 541, and a secondthrough hole 532, 542. In the preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, the first through hole 531, 541 of the set through hole 53,54, and the second through hole 532, 542 are linearly arranged along thelongitudinal direction of the brush handle 50. However, the arrangementpattern and the through hole number are not restrictive. For example,the set through holes may be arranged in an alternate or parallelmanner. The through hole number may be one or more, depending on theneed.

[0015] c) As shown in FIG. 2C, the brush handle 50 is uprightly disposedon the rear side of the fixation member 30 such that one set throughhole 53 of the fastening portion 52 is disposed between the support rods32, and that the tubular net main body 40 is wrapped by a tighteningmember 60 before being put through the first through hole 531 and thesecond through hole 532 of the first set though hole 53. The center ofthe tubular net body 40 is tightened to fasten with the front side ofthe fastening portion 52 of the brush handle 50;

[0016] d) The tubular net main body 40 is pulled out of the top ends ofthe two support rods 32, as shown in FIGS. 2D and 2E. The tubular netmain body 40 is loose when it is pulled out. The tubular net main body40 is located on the fastening portion 52 by the tightening member 60such that a bathball 70 is formed, as shown in FIG. 2F;

[0017] In order to enhance the density of the bath brush of the presentinvention, the set through hole 54 of the fastening portion 52 of thebrush handle 50 is disposed between the two support rods 32 which arefitted with a tubular net main body 40, thereby bringing about theproduction of the second brush ball. The method for making the secondbrush ball is the same as that for making the first brush ball, as shownin FIGS. 2A-2F.

[0018] As shown in FIG. 4, the bath brush 90 is the finished product ofthe method of the present invention.

[0019] As shown in FIGS. 5-6, a brush handle 80 of another preferredembodiment of the present invention has a structure which is basicallyunchanged, except that the first through hole 831, 841 and the secondthrough hole 832, 842 of the two set through holes 83 and 84 arearranged on the fastening portion 82 such that they are perpendicular tothe longitudinal direction of the brush handle 80. Thereafter, theaction of tightening the bath ball is carried out, with the onlydifference being that the brush handle 80 is horizontally disposed onone side of the fixation member 30.

[0020] The method for making a bath brush 90 involves the process ofdisposing the brush handle 50 in one side of the fixation member 30fitted with the main body 40 which is wrapped and tightened by atightening member 60 such that the main body 40 is located on thefastening portion 52 of the brush handle 50, and that two sides of themain body 40 are stretched, and that the main body 40 expands from thetightening point serving as a center, thereby resulting in formation ofa bathball 70. The underside of the bathball 70 is in contact with thefastening portion 52 of the brush handle 50. The fastening portion 52has a greater area for supporting the bath ball 70 to bring about abetter cleaning effect on the body skin of a person. The method of thepresent invention is cost effective and is free of the deficiencies ofthe prior art methods.

[0021] The fastening portion of the brush handle may be provided withthree or more sets of through holes in conjunction with thecorresponding number of the tightening members and the tubular net mainbodies. As a result, the brush handle is provided with a plurality ofbath balls which are arranged compactly.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for making a bath brush, said methodcomprising the steps of: a) preparing a fixation member which has twosupport rods separated from each other by a predetermined distance; b)fitting an elastic tubular net main body over said two support rods suchthat said tubular net main body is laterally stretched by said twosupport rods; c) preparing a brush handle, said brush handle having atone end at least one or more through holes; d) disposing said brushhandle in one side of the fixation member such that the through hole islocated between the two support rods; e) using a tightening member towrap the tubular net main body which is fitted between the two supportrods such that the tubular net main body is located on the brush handleby the tightening member via said through hole; f) pulling gradually thetubular net main body in a predetermined direction until such time whenthe tubular net main body is completely pulled out of the two supportrods, thereby the tubular net main body is expanded to form a sphericalbathball.
 2. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said brush handlehas a plurality of through holes for disposing two or more tubular netmain bodies, thereby resulting in formation of a plurality of bath ballson one brush handle.
 3. A bath brush comprising a brush handle and atleast one bath ball, and at least one tightening member; wherein saidbrush handle is provided at one end with a grip portion, and at otherend with a fastening portion having a larger area and at least one setthrough hole in which said tightening member is located for fasteningthe bath balls on one side of said brush handle.
 4. The bath brush asdefined in claim 3, wherein said brush handle has two sets of throughholes for receiving two tightening members to fasten two bath balls onone side of said brush handle.
 5. The bath brush as defined in claim 4,wherein said each first set through hole and second set through hole arearranged in said fastening portion along the longitudinal direction ofsaid brush handle.
 6. The bath brush as defined in claim 4, wherein saideach first set through hole and second set through hole are arranged insaid fastening portion in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinaldirection of said brush handle.